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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 3 4 432 4,758 887
2 Bell, Derrick 6 20 665 2,813 806
3 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 8 26 297 3,329 615
4 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 287 2,075 482
5 Rhode, Deborah L. 11 19 281 1,508 836
6 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 5 5 384 747 794
7 Hamilton, Neil University of St. Thomas 9 14 229 488 1,268
8 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 6 14 202 1,793 198
9 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 7 20 133 1,626 685
10 Black, Derek Wayne University of South Carolina 10 13 278 394 883
11 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 6 14 134 1,951 231
12 Edelman, Marc 9 10 254 254 1,053
13 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 8 15 162 1,316 431
14 Ryan, James E. University of Virginia 8 15 147 1,400 404
15 Gilman, Michele E. University of Baltimore 2 2 24 10 2,223
16 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 2 7 73 2,032 101
17 Green, Rebecca William & Mary Law School 1 1 22 7 2,184
18 Nance, Jason P. Southern Methodist University 8 8 167 215 1,153
19 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 16 147 821 609
20 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 4 14 87 925 821
21 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 4 3 242 742 153
22 Heise, Michael Cornell University 7 15 111 846 720
23 Wilkins, David Brian Harvard University 6 13 147 1,197 175
24 Lawrence, Charles R. 5 11 143 1,206 161
25 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 5 9 130 1,197 204
26 Deo, Meera Southwestern Law School 9 8 234 169 551
27 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 5 5 149 240 941
28 Priest, George L. 3 5 139 1,169 89
29 Schauer, Frederick 6 11 160 582 488
30 Krieger, Lawrence S. Florida State University 6 6 163 569 485
31 Zirkel, Perry A. 5 14 128 586 637
32 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 12 146 934 177
33 Edwards, Harry T. New York University 3 11 75 1,432 67
34 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 6 13 116 750 422
35 Parker, Christine 2 3 17 25 1,596
36 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 131 1,023 78
37 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 161 515 361
38 Bridges, Khiara University of California, Berkeley 6 4 187 36 629
39 Leong, Nancy University of Denver 5 4 159 150 645
40 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 4 6 81 1,184 99
41 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 5 14 85 776 431
42 Joy, Peter A. Washington University 5 15 101 816 299
43 Frank, Jerome 5 8 76 1,094 114
44 Guinier, Lani 4 9 118 802 150
45 Sturm, Susan P. Columbia University School of Law 4 5 108 816 170
46 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 3 7 96 611 412
47 Cullen, Francis T. 4 7 42 125 1,073
48 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 4 5 123 279 505
49 Holden, John T. 7 2 157 6 567
50 Keet, Michaela 2 3 14 29 1,306
51 Moran, Rachel F. Texas A&M University 6 12 104 609 286
52 Olivas, Michael A. 3 15 37 899 354
53 Sander, Richard H. University of California, Los Angeles 5 10 84 703 267
54 Black, Charles L. Jr. 2 5 73 923 127
55 Carrington, Paul D. Duke University 2 18 34 1,148 102
56 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 11 29 1,059 202
57 Klare, Karl E. Northeastern University 3 4 79 782 182
58 Archer, Deborah N. New York University 5 3 138 66 487
59 Rubin, Edward L. Vanderbilt University 4 10 84 786 114
60 Lopez, Gerald University of California, Los Angeles 5 9 80 765 150
61 Kidder, William C. 6 11 87 513 335
62 Tushnet, Mark V. 2 8 37 1,060 108
63 Wilson, Erika K. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 5 153 97 356
64 Driver, Justin Yale University 4 1 169 51 319
65 Shapiro, Fred R. Yale University 5 6 119 438 219
66 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 3 5 81 694 182
67 Davis, Timothy X. Wake Forest University 4 11 56 355 614
68 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 3 5 66 894 68
69 Organ, Jerome University of St. Thomas 5 8 156 164 210
70 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 4 5 88 662 119
71 Chang, Robert S. University of California, Irvine 4 9 82 489 300
72 Sohoni, Sharmila Stanford University 2 1 195 15 121
73 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 3 8 46 573 394
74 Greenawalt, Kent 4 10 60 721 181
75 Curcio, Andrea Anne Georgia State University 7 10 127 309 192
76 Liu, Goodwin 5 8 95 462 219
77 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 2 7 40 920 99
78 Nussbaum, Martha C. University of Chicago 4 7 62 548 310
79 Ingber, Stanley 3 6 69 704 127
80 McDougal, Myres S. 3 5 40 917 82
81 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 6 8 90 550 135
82 Merritt, Deborah Jones Ohio State University 5 11 74 553 203
83 Abbott, Kenneth Arizona State University 2 3 101 484 128
84 Snidal, Duncan 2 2 101 477 127
85 Cohen, Felix S. 2 2 60 388 413
86 Wizner, Stephen Yale University 4 10 78 476 227
87 Robinson, Kimberly Jenkins University of Virginia 8 7 132 210 162
88 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 7 52 554 274
89 Cramton, Roger C. 3 14 25 957 48
90 Brown, Kevin D. University of South Carolina 5 12 69 502 223
91 Ashar, Sameer M. University of California, Irvine 5 4 108 272 226
92 Brooks, Susan L. Drexel University 8 8 104 213 286
93 Farrow, Trevor C.W. Osgoode Hall Law School, York University 2 3 38 52 789
94 Hess, Gerald F. 6 10 71 494 202
95 Weber, Mark Charles DePaul University 4 12 53 457 319
96 Fuller, L. L. 3 7 25 280 627
97 Levit, Nancy University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 11 61 584 151
98 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 5 7 74 508 151
99 Feingold, Jonathan Boston University 5 2 102 24 438
100 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 5 3 103 141 325